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I make a declaration every spring,
Of reformation ere the year run out,
But somehow this my read more
I make a declaration every spring,
Of reformation ere the year run out,
But somehow this my vestal vary takes wing.
One murder made a villain,
Millions a hero.
One murder made a villain,
Millions a hero.
A leech that will not quit the skin until sated with blood.
A leech that will not quit the skin until sated with blood.
Let Apella the Jew credit it, if he will.
Let Apella the Jew credit it, if he will.
A coward calls himself cautious, a miser thrifty.
A coward calls himself cautious, a miser thrifty.
There's nothing makes me so much grieve,
As that abominable tittle-tattle,
Which is the cud eschew'd by read more
There's nothing makes me so much grieve,
As that abominable tittle-tattle,
Which is the cud eschew'd by human cattle.
The descent to the infernal regions is easy enough, but to
retrace one's steps, and reach the air above, read more
The descent to the infernal regions is easy enough, but to
retrace one's steps, and reach the air above, there's the rub.
Yestreen, when to the trembling string
The dance gaed thro' the lighted ha',
To thee my fancy read more
Yestreen, when to the trembling string
The dance gaed thro' the lighted ha',
To thee my fancy took its wing;
I sat, but neither heard nor saw.
So use your own property as not to injure that of another.
So use your own property as not to injure that of another.